You can get so caught up in what happened to you in your past that it affects your outlook on your future.

I heard about this one stall at a college girls dorm, that became a collection of their bad life experiences. Until one girl posted a letter, covering up all the bad experiences, and responded to them with this:

"Everybody's got a story to tell, and everybody's got a wound to be healed." -Plumb "Need You Now"

This is how Nora's wound was healed, because someone decided to love her in spite of her mess:

"Jesus said, Love the Lord your God will all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself." -Matthew 22:37-39